BOI HOLDS 17TH TID UPDATES:

The government is encouraging the country’s players and stakeholders in the manufacturing and its allied industries to take full advantage of the integrated ASEAN Economic Community and other free trade agreements the Philippines has with its trading partners given that the local sectors are heavily engaged in regional value chains. At the 17th edition of the Trade and Industry Development Updates held on Aug. 22, a multi-sector conference regularly organized by the Philippine Board of Investments, Dr. Rafaelita Aldaba, discussed the findings of a survey on the Awareness Level of Philippine industries and stakeholders on the AEC and FTAs. In photo are Dr. Ceferino Rodolfo (second from left) and Dr. Rafaelita Aldaba with Philexport president Sergio Ortiz Luis Jr. and Ateneo de Manila School of Economics professor Dr. Alvin Ang.